#especially jaden honestly

[queermediaismypassion]

i'm just saying if mickey and spoon weren't supposed to be in love then i have some questions for jaden and adrian

[thegoldensundreamer]

Love At Last

Onyankopon x black!reader

Warnings: exes, use of n word, squirting, fingering (f receiving), eating out (f receiving)

Word Count: 6.2k

He was a little older than me. A junior, and I, a sophomore. In college, you only had two focuses: have fun and study, and truthfully it helped me. No matter what anyone told me I had control to do whatever I wanted in life and didn't want anyone's opinions on how I'd be living it.

Honestly, that's what made my other ex's love me and even some, hate me.  But I mean it wasn't like he was always putting his expectations too high for me. Onyankopon just wanted to see me as my best self. When we broke up and I told him the reason as to why I couldn't do it anymore, it all really didn't make sense. I wanted to tell myself that I knew the reason as to why he was just so terrible but subconsciously I knew I didn't. And it was hard for me these past months. Really hard. I been seeing him on campus like a thousand times and he just keeps getting more beautiful and glowin like the sun.

He's the head of his team now and it never helps me that he didn't ever have any girls he just messed around with. Especially bonding and having a real relationship with his exes. Including me. And Its painful seeing him just living his life and me not hating him for any reason because he is really a great guy. So whenever I see him I make sure to shift my eyes to the complete opposite direction of where his head is at. Or even cover my face with a book or a water bottle to not have that awkward walk past. But I kind of wish he chased after me... and although I know its selfish I'm just as confused as when I left that boy. But I guess we all just have to move on.

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"The assignment is still due this Sunday at 11:59 on Blackboard. I don't want any emails, text messages, or conversations next class about an extension. Period."

I honestly think Professor Rodriguez is tweaking now. No excuses? What if someone is sick or something?

The whole class groans as we pack all of our stuff. I mean, it's just a paper so I'm not tripping or anything. I just got to make sure to do it before the Que party this weekend. There's never been a problem before so I don't think I have anything to worry about.

Me and my girls have been planning to go to one of the Que parties we keep infamously hearing about. It's always wild, lit, and memorable till you graduate. All of a sudden when you get that degree they don't exist no more because you don't want no one to know of the hoe tales.

I haven't been to one of their parties yet, but Im excited. I haven't been outside in a while especially since I ended things with Ony. A few kickbacks here and there were going on this past semester for me but that's about it. I like being inside just as much or even more than I like being out.

When I walk down the university building, I put in my headphones ready to blast some Sexyy Red. That woman music got something in it I swear.

"I'm looking for the hoooesssss" I mouth to myself while I nod my head. Shit, I forgot how hard that bass goes. As I bob my head I can't remotely hear the voice behind me trying to catch my attention.

It was Jaden, one of Ony’s teammates, and he's also in Professor Rodriquez class. He gave up calling my name and just let me go.

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When I finally left the building and head to my car I instantly switch my music over to the Bluetooth aux and look at my assignment before I pull off. You see... he assigned it to us last Friday and I for real have just been procrastinating till now. I would say my time management is usually really good but its not.

"Ok so I got to just write about 500 words. I could do this tonight no problem."

I put down my phone and start adjusting my rear view mirror only to find light grey clouds of the day turning darker grey. I really hope it don't storm when I'm on the road.

Driving out of the lot and onto the highway, I continue blasting my hoochie playlist. Shrugging at the random pain in my heart I'm feeling, I call one of my girls talking about how much I think this party gon cut all my feelings from Ony and revive the party girl in me.

Im pulling into my apartment complex excited . I haven't been this joyous to go to a party in a while. The mere thought of shaking ass is bringing me serotonin. Just a sweet release of stress. Plus, it's Friday and the party is Saturday night so I'm definitely geeking.

When I stumble up the steps right before the entrance to my residence giddy and jovial, looking for my key, I slightly looked up. The scream in my head is definitely showing me how much I'm not over this feeling in my heart.

I stopped my movement and fought the urge to back step all the way back into my car and hide. I'm not sure why hes here at this time. It's 5:30 which isn't late for real but just a bit confusing enough to make you question why the hell someone is at your door uninvited. Especially since its here. At my apartment. And it's him. With his aura and skin glistening like oil on a hot body.

He was in some black muscle shirt with matching jogger pants. Shyly smiling at me at first but then noticing my expression, he looked down at the state of his body and cringed before looking back in my eyes. Clearly embarrassed. "Sorry you seeing me like this, I just came from practice so I'm still a little sweaty"

I secretly moaned in my head. He looks so good I had to catch my breath and his voice is still captivating up to now. I still can't forget the way he used to t-

I'm getting sidetracked. Let me regain this composure.

"Is there something you need?" I quietly ask. This is no good. The whole point is out of sight out of mind. You know how you want to block somebody on everything and really go out of your way to not see them in person so you won't have to think about them or double back? Well I feel like I'm breaking that right now. It's not my fault sure but the shame still feels the same.

Ony pulls out an object from his pocket. A white, slightly long but thin figure. He looks at it for a moment before looking up at me again and holding it up.

"I came here to give this to you. Im pretty sure it's yours. At least that's what Jaden said."

I squint my eyes in confusion at what he was holding and hurriedly looked through my tote bag to find that I did not have my Apple Pencil for my iPad.

So that's why he's here.

Apple pencils are expensive so I'm not mad. I would've been more upset if I only figured out I dropped it when I got inside and tried to start my paper. But how did he even get it?

He reached his arm out as I began to walk up to him for my pencil. I thanked him for bringing it to me and awkward silence overtook the little rain droplets that noted the thunderstorm about to take place.

Our hands touched ever so slightly as I grabbed my missing pencil. I withdrew immediately and he did the same faintly after. After a few long seconds, he broke the silence.

"Jaden gave it to me at the locker rooms after practice. He said he tried to give it to you after class but couldn't catch up or something so I guess he just wanted me to carry out the deed especially with some paper he mentioned."

I grinned and slightly nodded in understanding, quickly glancing at his eyes before staring at the Apple Pencil. It's strange. He can't really look me in the eye. I mean, I can't either but he's 6'2" so my excuse is good. On top of that, the nonchalance in his tone doesn't sit right with me. It's either he's forcing it or a part of me wants to believe he is just to delude myself that he still cares. It's unfair of me, especially since I probably broke his heart, but it's the real.

"I'll thank Jaden when I see him next class. Thank you for bringing it to me." I quip and walk past him to my door, beginning to find my keys in my bag with the pencil still in hand.

Damn when did I get this shy?

Onys attempt at being nonchalant somewhat was breaking. He stared at the pencil smiling as he spoke and pointed.

"I'm surprised you still have Chowder on there".

I turned my head around, mid-hand in bag. He was referring to the little sticker I had on my ex-missing item. The one that would help me differentiate my pencil from everyone else's so no one would take it. The one he gave me as a funny gift for the love of our mutual favorite childhood show.

I'm surprised he still remembers these little details about me. About us.

"Well it's still my favorite show. I don't think that's ever going to change." I giggle looking back for my keys.

It's hard to do this. To face him. How do people talk to their exes? This isn't even my first but damn. Now my minds all over the place with him and us all over it. All those memories we share. Good and bad.

I stop fiddling in my bag and spoke under my breath with the same thought, caught up in the idea.  "I'm surprised you still remember." I mumbled to myself.

I can feel his presence and his eyes on me, not exactly sure what his actions are. But his voice speaks up with a small sense of fervor in his tone. Something undeniably him. The tone I always craved since it left me.

"Y/n, you can't tell me you don't call to mind how Ive remembered every single thing I've been blessed to learn about you"

I still my hands from roaming once again after I found my keys. At this point, I don't know what's going on. But as I motion my mouth to find what to say a grand lightning bolt flashed down from the sky, hitting somewhere nearby. Thunder that sounded like an earthquake erupted, immediately pouring heavy rain down with it. With that, we instantaneously saw lampposts shut off. All electricity in the area immediately being gone in an instant.

"Ain't no way" I groaned. I can't believe this. I look around at all of the dark areas surrounding the complex except for the emergency lights powered from the generator. Putting my keys in the door, I heavily sigh opening up my residence.

Slowly walking in to the dim natural light from the blinds I turn around to Onyankopon, standing still at the doorstep, and tell him he can come in.

"Are you sure? My car is all good and everything I can still drive."

"In this storm?" I ask raising my eyebrow. I rolled my eyes, "You not gon get nowhere the way this storm going right now. It's fine. Plus, your place is probably out of electricity too."

He nods, "Well thanks, I really appreciate it" He awkwardly steps into the 3 bedroom apartment. My girls usually have class during this time last I checked so we're the only ones here.

I grab some candles to light across my home hoping for some sort of spark to brighten up the place.

Once I withdrew a breath and looked around, the rooms seemed to be lit up enough comfortably outside of the insanely romantic essence it gave off. I stood up from where I was crouched by the living room table where I made eye contact with him sitting up on the couch.

"Soooo could I get you anything?" I awkwardly stand there and he's just sitting... menacingly.

Ugh who am I kidding he looks so geeked out right now.

"It's honestly fine. Once the storm passes I'll be right out forreal you don't have to go through any trouble." He laughs.

With that in mind I obliged and went to my room setting up my laptop and iPad with my now found Apple Pencil. Since the electricity's gone that means I shouldn't have any distractions on focusing on my work.

"Right y/n, focus on the goal. It don't matter that your ex is in the other room. Get on your zoom!" Mumbling to myself  as I type in my username to blackboard to view the rubric.

"What the-"

Shit. Of course blackboard and the wifi is down too if all the electricity is out.

As I groan and leave my room to get a glass of water, I'm getting Ony one too. Seeing him roaming on his phone and placing the glass in front of him on the table I sit on the sofa opposite of him.

He looks up from his phone, "You did not have to do this", he began to grin to himself as he lifted the cup and started to drink.

As I began to speak we both got a notification.

ALL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: ELECTRICITY IS DOWN ON CAMPUS AND ON AND OFF CAMPUS HOUSING DUE TO A SEVERE WEATHER STORM. MORE UPDATES WILL COME SOON. CURRENTLY, AN ESTIMATION OF 3 HOURS WILL BE NEEDED TO REPAIR DAMAGES TO ELECTRICAL UNITS.

"Fuck" I groaned.

"You're not gonna be able to finish that paper huh?" He questioned.

"No and it's due Sunday. I was hoping to knock it out today before the weekend really starts. I don't need to procrastinate anymore than I already have."

"Oh trust me I remember." He laughed. "I can help yknow. There's nothing else we can do here."

"On what though? Blackboard is down."

"Not google docs or notes app though." He smiled, "As long as you know what you're supposed to write about you're set."

"But I like looking at the rubric when I write to make sure my grades solidified"

"I'm hearing a lot of excuses misses honors student. If you wanted to do it you would at this point. Plus, my specialty is writing papers so I can definitely help"

I remember oh so well. This reminds me of when I procrastinated on a paper last semester the weekend before it was due just like this one and we stayed up till 3 AM writing it. So many laughs and double shot espressos from that time. His specialty really is writing essays and all sorts of papers. That assignment was 5000 words and we started the Saturday and still got an A.

"Shit, why not. It's only 500 words anyway" I joke.

He smiled and we got to work. The first hour went by like nothing. It felt like old times. 200 words were typed but the only thing holding us back was that I actually need to have proper cited sources. Professor Rodriguez do not play around either so it's been a painstaking amount of time trying to find anything with no internet and a on and off personal hotspot.

As Ony and I sit next to each other working on the paper, he lifts up his glass and it accidentally slipped out of his hands onto the table.

"Ah damn I'm so sorry. Let me-"

"No it's cool." I put down my laptop and got up to get a paper towel. When I sat back down and handed the paper towel to him our hands touched again. That once jovial, funny and somewhat relaxed mood we had was now gone. We're exes. This isn't what exes do. We're not friends.

But shit we were . That was exactly what we were like before we started anything or knew there was something there. Even during our relationship we felt just like this at times too. Where the hell did we go? Why did I let us go?

The awkward touch we had became more intimate as I decided to gently grab his hand. The eye contact he made was confused but willing. It spoke "why haven't you done this all this time while I'm right here?" Or at least that's what I think.

Our hands interlocked letting go of the paper towel at this point. Eye contact on something serious as we ask questions to each other with them. As I began to lean down on the couch, Ony couldn't stop staring between my eyes and my lips. He eventually and quickly took the dive, trying not to lose the moment. Embers burned and flowed through the air as he began to shift from my power to his. He embarked on leaning my back onto the couch rather than his. Hands splayed in my locs and taking small breaks to breathe before going back in.

Small moans escape my mouth as he's working me. Kisses pressed on my lips were coming down my chin... then my neck as he suckled on my skin. His hands roamed my body slowly. One on the side of my stomach nearing my ass and the other beginning to feel my breast under my shirt. At this point, he's starting to get more vocal, groaning and whispering sweet nothings along my body.

"You know how much I've missed you y/n. How much I've missed this pretty face... this pretty body... and this pretty pussy" he hissed one kiss after another. "Is this all ok? If you're not fine with this of course I'll stop. Tell me what you want."

His asking for consent was always so sexy and those words... damn I missed him and this.

I looked at his lust blown eyes as he looked up to mine from my stomach as he briefly stopped from going lower and lower.

"I want you Q. I'm all yours." My composure is definitely done at this point. He's got me right now.

"Don't worry. You know I will always take care of you." He slurred, slowly sliding my bottoms and panties down and kissing my inner thighs before locking them in his arms. It's been a while since I've been in this position and I've missed it since forever ago.

Slow pecks from my thighs came closer and closer to the apex of them. He must could tell how nervous I was since his thumbs gently rubbed where they laid at to comfort me. Im in love with the way they feel on me.

"So as you can see I do have some hair ri-"

He side eyed me. "Y/n I'm a grown ass man. You know I like my peaches with some fuzz on it. Now can I have my dinner please?"

He can get so forward like this it's making me shy. I rolled my eyes and laid my head back. I never thought I'd be in this predicament.

"Good girl. Just stay just like that baby."

He nestled his lips on my bundle, wrapping them on to gently suck at a slow and smooth pace. His rhythm was gradually fastening and shortly, his lips unattached from my clit to lap at the bundle once more flicking his tongue. He remembers. He always remembers what I like.

Beginning to close my legs from the sensation, he parts me once again lapping at my cunny fervently. Like some undying need that he can't let go. As a "punishment" for me not taking it, he inserts a finger and then a second to make me break even more than I already am.

I plead and moan, "Ony, baby, I'm leaking"

I can barely control my body now. My breath getting fainter as I breathe heavy.

"Good. You know that's what I want." He keeps pumping. Squelching ensues as he becomes infatuated with his doing. "Look at that shit. All for me huh" He asks looking at my fucked out face.

I disappointedly moan when his fingers leave me but he swipes my essence from its trail and sucks his fingers while maintaining eye contact with me. I whimper and squeeze at the sight.

I guess he wanted to finish the job though. I tried to reach over to slip my hand in his boxers just for him to grab my wrist and pin both of my hands down to finish what he started.

It's always like a switch in him when he's like this. So different from the sweet Onyankopon from everyday that everyone knows. So nasty. I love it. I miss it.

He mischievously watches me. "You feel this?" I moan as he pumps his fingers back in me. I roll my eyes to the back of my head and he chuckles. "I'm gonna take that as a yes. Let me make you cum, princess."

He lowered his head down again as he continued pumping into me. Licking a stripe up my honey and continuing the mess he was creating previously. Languid strokes of his tongue were hitting me just right and my moans started turning to desperate whimpers.

Building me up for a while, he then dipped his muscle into my pussy and interchanging with his fingers, curling them with each stroke. His other hand left my thigh and his thumb began rubbing my clit. Faster and faster he went I started to find my stomach tensing and the air becoming hard to breathe.

In between heavy pants I slip out "O, stop, I'm gonna make a mess!" my eyes rolling to the back of my head and legs lifting and coming together.

He didnt stop and pinned me down pressing on my lower stomach. My moans became octaves higher and higher. He lifted his head from my cunny, "you gon take it and make a mess all over my face. Don't hold back nothing."

With that, he continued his ministrations. My grip on his hair became as tight as it could as I could feel my voice go weak. My legs began to shake as clear liquid lightly sprayed out onto his face and a white ring began to form on his fingers. My pants were beginning to rapidly slow down as I came down from my high, un loosening the death grip I had on his head.

He came back up kissing my cheek then licking my essence off his face and fingers, "Always taste so good." Proceeding to take a rag from my bedroom to clean me up and carrying me to my bed.

Before we even got the chance to speak about what happened, my eyes fell. A nap took over both of us and hours that felt like minutes rolled by.

His arm around me as we slept on our sides felt  like old times. Like something right that I just ripped away from my body. It's so comfortable.

After a dream I couldn't remember, I wake up in a daze, looking behind me to see him knocked out and his arm still around my waist.

Gently moving it off of me, I slowly get up and walk to the bathroom.

"Shit I might as well take a shower"

To be honest, none of this has settled in my head yet. My ex boyfriend who I'm clearly not over in my bedroom after being nasty on the couch is sleeping on my bed... crazy. Real fanfiction kind of shit.

Pushing the light switch up, I notice the bulb illuminate the room. Thank the Lord almighty. I put on my shower cap and get in. I feel myself let go of a breath I didn't know I had when the hot water hits my skin.

This is insane. I shouldn't be hooking up with my ex. I cut it off for a reason... I think. It's gotta be this way for the both of us so nobody gets hurt.

"Bitchhhh" I think to myself in the shower holding my head.

Leaving the bathroom with my towel on, I see my ex looking over at me from his phone, arm now holding his head up to stare me up  and down in awe.

"It's been a while since I seen this view"

I cut my eyes and stand in front of him on my bed. "Look we need to talk- " and my head turned immediately when I heard the front door of the apartment open. Thankfully, my room doors closed, but my girls walked in the apartment gossiping when they called out my name to have our daily debrief of the day.

I cuss at myself and know they probably see the cups of water, candles, and his shoes at the door as they fell silent. Whispering to themselves with words I couldn't make out,  I eventually hear a knock at my door.

I looked at Ony, mortified with a finger to my lips, then took a deep breath, opening the door so they can only see me still in my bath robe.

"Heyyy" I greeted with the awkwardest get out and don't make this weird smile I know.

"Hey mookie, we just wanted to check on you and see if you're good with the electricity going off and everything earlier." One of them said, clearly peeking inside my bedroom to see who's here, eyes widening that it was him before he could move himself. She gave me a look and I gave her one back like we telepathic or something.

"Girl yknow I'm good, just trying to finish this paper" I say hoping she takes the message that I know she's getting from me right now.

"Yeah I'm sure it's realll hard" She said acting like a real smart ass.

With a few more exchanges they go to their rooms to settle down for the night. After hearing both of their doors close I rush back to my room.

"Yeah, you gotta go" picking up his clothes and pushing them to his chest.

"But-"

"Look, I wish there was a better time to talk, but you have to go. This... is strange. We broke up. There's a reason why this ended. I know it was probably stupid of me to let you stay here during the storm, but this wasnt my intention." Pointing at the both of us.

I picked his arm up before he could get a word out to reason with me, clothes just tussled onto his body. If he sweet talks me again I really might not double back this time.

We get to the door and with the least amount of strength he has, he turns his body towards me and gently grabs my hand before I could open the door placing it back by my side.

"Y/n...why are you letting go of us... again? This still doesn't make sense and you know that."

I still. I remember this feeling... this sense of regret. But just like last time, I can't tell if it's the wrong choice or because I don't want to let go.

In truth, Ony feels... familiar. He'll always feel like a memory and I don't want to get too comfortable in his light of nostalgia. He brought such a level of solace in my life that I never wanted to replace. It was even more so after we became official....I don't want to become stagnant because of it. I have my own dreams, my own endeavors, and my own goals that I want to reach. It would be so easy to be a trophy wife to him... and he'd gladly let me. As a woman, I don't want that to be the tell all be all of my life when I know that I had a life before him. I didn't know if I could escape from it then and I definitely don't know now. That's the real reason why I keep shutting him out and probably why we broke up... but he can't know that.

"Because I know we won't end well. We're two different people Ony and this idea that you can just up and think everything is picture perfect for us has to stop now"

He looks in my eyes with such disappointment, then slight anger as his eyebrows pushed together. He opened his mouth to speak again but thought about it and decided not to, closing his eyes in the process. With a heavy huff from his chest, he looked at my eyes one last time for the night before turning away and leaving the complex.

When I shut the door, My girls came out immediately like paparazzi.

"You were over him huh?" One of them snarled at me. "It don't seem that way to me love. Maybe you shouldn't even go to the party tomorrow."

I looked down at the ground and they both took notice of my state. We all went to my bedroom and I explained everything that happened tonight. Their eyes looked at mine with frustration and awe. I held my head knowing their reaction just like they've been telling me for the past 3 months.

"You are not over that boy y/n"

"I think you're confused"

And they're right. I am. But I tell them the same thing I told them every time.

"But when he makes it to the league, what am I going to do? Wag my tail like a dog after him and have niggas tell me that I want his money or that I don't have half his talent for anything like them bitches was saying when we were together? And what if he cheats? He gon have hella girls at his disposable and I'll be feeling stupid like  "I really wasted my time on this nigga". Y'all know how much I love Ony and I was just getting over him too. This is for the best for me right now y'all know that"

They gave each other a look and got up to hug me.

"Whatever decision you choose to make girl you know we got you. Just remember to listen to your heart sometimes"

With that, we said our little goodbyes and retired for the night. Ony on my mind, I went to bed.

Waking up, he is still on my mind. Getting my laptop, I tried to continue the paper but had no will power to do so. The whole morning and afternoon felt like that... no volition and all a blur. Wasting away in my bed after the three different times my girls checked up on me throughout the day I just can't escape him. It doesn't help having the daydream engrained of what could've been present with our past. In that same thought, I hear a buzz on my phone, too in tune with the delusional reaction thinking it could be him.

I look at it to see the ticket for the party tonight that one of my girls sent. I groan and get up, finally deciding to start my day and also prepare myself for tonight.

Hype hoochie music is playing on my speaker and I hear Looking For the Hoes again. I'm thinking of how good everything was before all that happened yesterday. Do I even regret it? Am I blocking my blessings?

I can't let a man distract me from my life though. There's a life before and after him and I have to remind myself of that.

Finally finished with my look and it finally being an hour after the party started, me and my girls head out for the wild night we been planning for months.

What I didn't know was that the line would feel like 3 miles long and realizing we need our ID when we're finally 5 feet before the security. Why are parties this complicated? I don't know. But luckily we all at least have pictures of our ID and got in.

When we step foot into the party, the first thing we see is purple lights illuminating the entire venue. People are scattered everywhere and in every other corner we see the Ques barking and hopping to their stroll.

"Lawd have mercy" one of my homegirls say in love with the ques. Me and the other laugh and roll our eyes.

After some time just standing, we decided to find a small table and sit down with our small get ups. Our drinks from the pregame were starting to kick in after 10 minutes and we were laughing our ass off drunk when we hear "Girl the way you move it got me in a trance-", and that was it. All of us pulled each other to the dance floor and start to turn up. I'm throwing ass on my home girl and catching from the other.

I needed this. Seriously. I forgot how fun it is to be outside in the streets. Seconds later, we hear a scream and laugh from a girl and gasp from the crowd. One of the Ques picked up a girl and started acting like he was eating her out.

We all looked at each other with our jaws dropped. Ain't no wayyyyy. They were not lying bout it getting wild.

Right behind where I see the spotlight shining, about 30 feet away, I saw a face I didn't think I'd see at all. Just as his eyes set in on the scene before him he also saw my eyes and we made eye contact for a brief second.

I turned my body so fast that I almost knocked my home girl over. In the middle of her fussing me out she asked what happened. Naturally, I told her that Ony is at the party.

"Why is a nigga at a Que party is the real question though?"

"Girl unimportant can we please move somewhere else"

We all move to a separate section of the party venue. This can not happen. I'm drunk and I been dancing? I can not see or be around that man right now.

Before I could even get the nightmare out my head, I hear a "Y/n" near my head. I turn around mouth slightly agape to see him once again. Even finer in his put together party get up than his athlete clothes from yesterday. My mind all caught up in him just like last time I'm in a blur of what he's actually saying to me.

"Y/n, why are you here right now?" He whispers yells in my ear from the loud music blasting from the speakers.

I look to my left and right and my homegirls dashed off like the road runner... traitors.

Looking at him once again, eyes low from the drink in my system I ask, "Ony, why would it matter to you? I'm not your girl and you not my man. We single. The real question is why you're at a Que party." Remembering what my homegirl had said to bite back at him.

He fixes his face, his tongue poking at the inside of his cheek looking at me clearly frustrated. Just looking at his face he can't leave me alone. Sorry that's just drunk me talking I don't know whats on his mind.

"Y/n, why the hell you been drinking so much? Don't you got a paper to finish?"

"Ony you are not my daddy get up out my face!" I yell at him. "I'm out here having fun with my girls trying to get over YOUR ASS so why can't you just mind yo business!" Oops. My eyes widened, that last part wasn't supposed to come out. Fuck.

Shit, how did he react to that?

Without time for me to look up and see his face or even hear him utter a word, he has my hand in his and leading me somewhere and fast. I'm trying to keep up but it's kind of hard to have good foot and direction coordination in a party like this and off my ass.

With all of the movement feeling like a blur, I found both of us outside of the party venue from some back door. It's slightly raining by the building and the night sky showed a bright orange street light that was our only light source.

He takes off his jacket and puts it over my shoulders to warm me. It's a bit cold. What a gentleman.

"Y/n ... what did you say?"

He stares directly in my eyes with a sense of fervency and hope. One that I can't deny now.

Part 2?

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Authors Note: Hi y'all! I haven’t written fanfic in soooo long but never stopped reading lmao. I loveeee this one so much. It’s Literally the best fic ive done period thus far. I’m trying to think if I should start writing again fr esp for my fictional anime men.

[cyberdragoninfinity]

opinion on alexis? I like her sooooo much :3 aroace cyber angel queen.....

ALEXIS MY FRIEND ALEXIS...WAHHH i love her to bits, my fav ygo girl up there with tori and zuzu, shes GREAT. I love her personality, I love that she's tough and stubborn and a little bit scary, I love that she's a FUCKIN JOCK!!! SHES OUT THERE PLAYIN BASEBALL IN THE MANGA AND IT RULES. I wish she suffered less from Woman in Yugioh Syndrome (yaaaaayyy girls getting mind controlled and cult indoctrinated YAAAAYYYY 🥴) but honestly five spinoffs out now im finding Alexis turned out pretty decent compared to. some other poor ygo gals 😬

I like her arc she had with Jaden in the last season... in general I really like s4 Alexis, this concept of struggling to know what to do with yourself when youre graduating high school and growing up, having to decide if you stay or leave, it's really poignant with her especially.AND I LOVE HER DYNAMIC WITH ATTICUS!!!! yugioh siblings are always a treat but their relationship is especially so sweet. this girl had to born her brother for over a year and then he came back and he was playin ukulele. She can have a little "wishing Atticus would go back into a coma" as a treat.

I feel like Alexis gets assigned the "mom friend" and "holder of the braincell" type shit a lot by fans, even moreso than some other yugioh girls, which is a shame--shes JUST as much of a hooligan kid as the GX boys!!! LET HER BE SILLY. SHE'S A GX CHARACTER.

I'm also an aro Alexis truther but I also hc her as a lesbian ✌🏼 AND shes one of my friend's favs so im doubly fond of her. I think she would really like Lorde's music. I think she drinks maybe a little too much coffee. It was an endless joy to see her again in Arc-V. SHES A GOOD CHARACTER!!! LOVE YOU LEXI heres some of my fav asukalexises I've drawn

[codabound]

Honestly, considering Leasebound is supposedly meant to be about strong and "well-written" female characters, and does so with the motherly characters within the story, I feel like a missed opportunity would be touching upon THOSE kinds of "boy moms".

I'm not talking about favoritism, like Josie with Jaden and Jacob, I mean...

Those moms on tiktok who post videos talking about how their sons are their entire world, and if their sons weren't their sons they'd be DATING them, meanwhile they avoid talking about their daughters like the plague, act like having a daughter is some sort of curse or punishment, the ones who view their daughters as "competition" because they envy their daughters youth or see their daughters as trying to "steal" the attention from their husbands, and make it obvious that they'd happily throw their daughters under a bus for their son. THOSE kinds of boy moms.

But knowing Rusty and how she handles a lot of heavy topics in her work, she'd probably write something like this in all the wrong ways. Especially considering this would force her to have to actually write a female character who's actually flawed if not downright a horrible person, and the closest she can seem to get to writing an "evil" female character is a woman with dyed hair and pronouns and a homophobic Christian mom.

[gx-gameon]

Thinking about Jaden as an adult and Seto in particular struggling to be okay with the fact that he's grown up makes me 🥹🥹😭 I love to torture myself so imagining his reaction to the news when (way down the line) Jesse and Jaden DO get engaged just makes me laugh maniacally 😭🤣

Here’s the thing. Seto likes Jesse. As much as he doesn’t like the fact that Jaden is growing up, or the trauma that Jaden is dealing with he does like Jesse.

Jesse is an incredible duelist. Has an ultra unique deck. Is a born leader. And has shown that he is willing to sacrifice himself for Jaden (Seto maybe don’t make “will die for _____” a dating requirement. It is a requirement for anyone who dates Jaden or Mokuba. It shouldn’t be but it is)

He could not have hand picked a better partner for his son. Jesse is loyal and kind and most importantly loves Jaden.

If Jaden ever wants to publicly come out as the Prince of Duels, Jesse isn’t a bad pattern to have. Heck the media would eat that up. The Prince and the Crystal beast duelist. (Seto does not care about this but the public is something he has to think about unfortunately)

Seto is just struggling with having to watch his son battle with PTSD and anxiety and losing all his joy for dueling and then instead of coming him he decides to go on a globe trotting adventure. Seto would far prefer Jaden staying where he can see him, just for a little bit. He just wants to protect his kid.

But he can’t blame Jaden for the way he is healing, he’s actually quite proud of him. But he’s got big complex emotions about everything that’s happened in the last year. And he’s missed so much of Jaden’s life in the past three years and now he’s missing more.

And suddenly this Rainbow boy is traveling with Jaden. It’s Jesse his “best friend” and all those negative emotions have a target now. Because Jesse is spending all this time with Jaden, and watching his back, and helping him grow and recover (they are helping each other a lot) and Seto’s happy for Jaden but also big dad feels at missing out on his sons milestones.

And it doesn’t help that he has Joey Tristian and Duke there making jokes about when the kids will get engaged/elope (even before the two are officially dating) and Seto just wants to break something.

Their complex emotions.

It gets better when Jaden and Jesse start visiting Domino more often. They’ll do work in Europe and then come back to the manor as a ‘home base. Then they’ll head off to America or Australia or any other country and spend some time helping people and duel spirits there and setting up a global community. But they always come home.

By the time they do finally get engaged Seto has grown used to Jaden being an adult and living his life. And he’s quite happy Jesse and Jaden are now a permanent team. (They have always been a permanent team the two of them just made it official)

Jesse does have to duel Seto for the right to marry Jaden (Yugi has already approved so it doesn’t matter if he wins, Seto just wants to test the kids resolve. A weakling can’t marry his son.) I will let you decide who wins that duel. Seto Kaiba in his mid 30’s vs Jesse Anderson in his early 20s.

Either way he makes Jesse WORK for it.

It’s a lot of growing pains especially in the early relationship.

Seto Kaiba is a man who loves deeply and protects fiercely. His circle was so small for so long (just him and Mokuba) and he’s got walls made of titanium. Yugi slowly broke them down over the series and even then it took Seto a while to realize his feelings but once he did he pursued Yugi. Once he knew the feeling was mutual he opened his circle up to Yugi, Jaden, Atem, and eventually Solomon Muto. Over time other wormed their way in but he’s not someone who trust people easily.

Dating is an up hill battle for Mokuba. Seto is very particular on his partners, worried about his brother getting hurt. Early dating is a nightmare. And honestly we should salute him because he paved the way for Jaden.

So when Jesse rocks up to date Jaden it’s hard to trust him with the heart of his extremely traumatized son.

Adding Chazz or Aster to the family is one thing. He’s heard about Chazz for 3 years and Aster for /. He’s researched them, followed their careers, and Jaden has told him a lot about them. He had time to process them.

Jesse rocks up in season 3 they are quickly sent to another dimension, Jesse sacrifices himself. Jaden goes back after him, gets deeply traumatized. And once the return the transfer students are sent back to their schools for their ‘safety’ yes Jesse helped out in season 4 but how much is Jaden communicating with his family at that point? Seto didn’t have the same amount of time to get used to this kid/hear about him from Jaden. He doesn’t trust the kid. Not yet. They have a lot of growing pains.

[inkblackorchid]

What are your thoughts on the 5DS movie bonds beyond time? Plot characters villain animation and so on

Ahhh, good old BBT. Minor caveat: It's been a hot second since I've seen the movie. But generally speaking, right from the gut? Bit of a mixed bag, this one. Let me address what you asked point by point, though. The tl;dr for anyone who doesn't want a lengthy response: I don't hate it, but outside of making me grin and/or fondly roll my eyes about some fanservice, I'm mostly just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ about it. I appreciate it for the extremely fun attempt at a for the time pretty ambitious crossover, though.

The longer response, then:

Okay. Okay. Conceptually speaking? This movie is the absolute peak of fanservice. All three protags of all three ygo shows that had come out by that time, all teaming up against a special bad guy, and everyone's allowed to show off their coolest shit? Absolutely bananas. Fuck yeah.

Where the execution is concerned, though... Let me start with the obvious: This thing is too short. It doesn't feel like a proper movie, it feels like your average big plot duel stretched over two episodes. And that's a shame! Because Yugi's there, and so is Jaden, and these two and Yusei get to bounce off each other and I think a lot of people would have eaten it up if we had gotten more of that. Interactions aside, though, the short runtime also makes the plot feel rushed. First Yusei's sad, then things are going to shit, the he's off, then we're suddenly in Venice (what the fuck is Jaden doing in Venice??), then we're in Domino City, then blam, bam, onto the big duel. Can I get some time to breathe and actually enjoy the characters interacting, please?

And speaking of plot! Now, on paper, I don't have an issue with the idea of a guy going back in time to try and get rid of duel monsters. My problem lies more with the fact that the guy in question ties into 5Ds' main plot. And in a not insignificant way, at that. Like, perhaps in a universe where this movie was handled differently, BBT tying into the Iliaster stuff could have been cool as heck, but as it stands, Paradox and his plans feel a little too close to his namesake to me. The guy is almost exclusively relegated to a movie, to outside content of the show that wasn't shown in sequence with the rest of the episodes, yet he's actually one of the major characters of the Ark Cradle arc. And worse yet, said arc only gives us the barest, shittiest recap of who he is and what he wanted. It feels too disconnected from the rest for me, especially considering that Sherry more or less ends up replacing Paradox. And don't even get me started on the batshit implications his quest to kill Pegasus has on the way time travel is handled in 5Ds. The way this movie shows direct, devastating consequences of time being tampered with is a major reason for the headaches the emperors of Iliaster give me, which I've discussed in my Meklord post.

That said. I don't think Paradox, per se, is a bad antagonist. He's got the whole long-suffering shindig the other major players of Iliaster do, too, his design is bonkers in a fun way and of course, the idea of him hijacking protagonist ace monsters with his Malefic shenanigans makes him perfectly hateable. On paper, he's a completely fine antagonist, and I actually think the 3 V 1 duel he has with the protags is pretty fun.

And as for the animation, no notes there, honestly. I think BBT has some of the nicest animation of the 5Ds era (and especially like the way Yusei is animated in the movie).

So yeah! The whole thing is a bit hot and cold for me. I know some people love BBT to death, I know some people hate it with a fiery passion, and tbh, I get where both sides are coming from. Ultimately, I'll happily watch it, but there are always at least twenty other 5Ds episodes I'd watch even more happily. BBT is fine.

[fanfic-lover-girl]

The True Yugioh Rivals

I wanted to do a follow up to this post:

In particular, I want to focus on GX and Zexal. Now, Jaden/Judai has 3 rivals that people usually agree on: Manjoume/Chazz, Ryo/Zane and Edo/Aster. For Zexal, Yuma has Shark and Kaito/Kite.

I have seen people argue that Ryo and Kaito are the main rivals, but I disagree. For me, the true rivals in these 2 shows are Manjoume and Shark.

It's been years since I have watched Yugioh so let me try to explain:

Rivalries between peers vs seniors

Shark and Manjoume are Yuma and Judai's peers so the relationship feels more equal. There is more give and take with their rivalries. Sure, Manjoume never beat Judai...but if I recall correctly there were at least two times Majoume could have won but he lost for a reason that grew his character. I am 99% sure Manjoume could have beat Judai as Ojamanjoume but he threw the match as part of his goof act. Judai was super disappointed in him.

Compare this to Kaito and Ryo who are older, more mature duelists. Judai and Ryo tie at the end of season 1 but Judai never beats him (not that I recall). Yuma never beats Kaito on screen. It's a different flavour of rivalry. Kaito and Ryo are better described as measuring sticks to show how far the protag has come or how much further they need to go. Like stepping stones or a pinnacle to aspire to for the protag than a rival.

Time spent with the protagonist

Shark and Manjoume are there from beginning to end. They were the ones who had the first set of duels with the protag (Shark is Yuma's first antagonist similar to how Kaiba was for Yugi/Atem - even the possession theme is the same!). And they had the last set of duels with the protag as well. Shark is Yuma's final boss and the Manjoume and Judai duel had major impact on the tail-end of Manjoume's character arc.

Ryo and Kaito don't interact as much with the protag and their friend group and their stories are not as interwoven with the protag as the other two. Ryo and Kaito are introduced later in the protag's story, usually around the time when the hero is beginning to become overconfident. Also, the rivalry stops mattering much after the season they are introduced and they serve their role of knocking the protag down a peg.

The secondary rivals have more meaningful rivalries with other characters

This applies especially to Kaito. Honestly, Kaito has a more impactful rivalry with Chris (V) and Mizael. Honestly, I wish I had more Chris and Kaito scenes! I loved their backstory. Plus the energy of the Mizael and Kaito rivalry was off the charts! Zane has a more interesting storyline like Edo and his brother Sho. I wish there was some more substance in the Fubuki/Atticus and Yusuke friendship. Missed potential there.

Shark has a great story with Thomas/IV and I love their dynamic. But ultimately, his relationship with Yuma is still better. I love IV but he's more Shark's antagonist than rival.

Parallels and foils

What made Atem and Kaiba's rivalry so powerful, especially in the Battle City arc, was how they foiled each other. Atem wants to remember his past, and Kaiba wants to bury his. Atem depends on his friends, and Kaiba pushes people away including his beloved brother. How in season 1 both Kaiba and Yami were willing to do whatever it took to win. Kaiba was willing to commit suicide and Yami cared more about victory than Kaiba's life.

In my opinion, Manjoume and Shark better parallel/foil their protagonists then Kaito and Ryo.

For example, in Manjoume's arc he becomes more carefree and learns to be unashamedly himself as Monajoume Thunder. He stops caring what his brothers think and becomes more sure of himself. He learns the value of relationships and increases his social circle. On the other hand, Judai starts off as child-like and sociable and becomes more burdened after each season. To the point where he is borderline depressed in season 4 and isolates himself from his friends. He begins to feel lost and duelling stops being fun.

Or how Shark starts the story as a disgraced duelist who is at rock bottom. Versus Yuma who starts as a joke duelist and becomes a complete one-man army at the end. How Shark and Yuma are forced to fight on opposing sides in the Barian war due to their obligations to their loved ones. How Shark hides away his emotions to be the leader his Barian emperors need vs Yuma who shines brighter than ever, even willing to die alongside Vector, the same psycho who manipulated him and nearly destroyed his bond with Astral. All with a smile on his face (Yuma is a king, Yuma haters are not welcomed on my blog). How can anyone hate sub Yuma??? Yuma is the embodiment of sunshine!

Emotional moments

In my opinion, there are so many more emotional beats and duels with Manjoume and Shark. Judai and Manjoume joke around with each other, Judai supports Manjoume in several instances for example when it comes to his brothers. And my heart melts when I think about Yuma and Shark. They encourage each other at their lowest moments. Shark has sacrificed himself for Yuma on several occasions. Yuma is always chasing after Shark when Shark is going down a bad path. These two are soulmates, ok? I love their friendship!

Yuma cares more about Shark than Kaito. Judai cares more about Manjoume than Ryo. And vice versa.

Just compare the duels between Yuma/Kaito and Judai/Ryo vs Yuma/Shark and Judai/Manjoume. You know what I mean. Judai and Ryo hardly even interact after season 1!

Personal preference

I am not a huge fan of rivalries where the rival dominates the protag. I prefer more balanced relationships like Yuma/Shark and Yusei/Jack. I also like rivalries like Yami/Kaiba where the protag is slightly better than the rival but the rival keeps him on his toes, pushing him to be better. Where the protag can't treat the rival like a joke. I will admit that the GX rivalry between Manjoume and Judai is a bit disappointing but I am still satisfied overall with Manjoume's journey. Just wished he was treated better as a rival character, someone who could propel Judai's story more. But GX treated all the rival characters like garbage in some fashion.

[aberooski]

continuing my gx rewatch; WHY DO WE NEVER TALK ABOUT HASSLEBERRY’S ABANDONMENT ISSUES???? EPISODE 55 MAKES ME SO SAD :(

also i am OBSESSED with the way this one side character sounds eerily like chazz ahdhwhfhjz

“i hate change! ya hear me??” he’s so real its not fair

HONESTLY???? WE AS A COLLECTIVE UNIT NEED TO TALK ABOUT HIM MORE IN GENERAL BUT YES WHY ARE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT???? HE'S NEVER HAD ANY GENUINE FRIENDS AND ANYONE AND EVERYONE HE COULD EVEN PRENTEND WAS HIS FRIEND BEFORE HAS LEFT HIM AT THE DROP OF A HATE NO HESITATION THAT'S LITER HORRIBLE, AND AFTER WHAT HE'S BEEN THROUGH WITH HIS ACCIDNET AND HOW TRAUMATIC THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN AND HOW SHITTY AND HARD HEALING FROM IT MUST HAVE BEEN THAT POOR BABY 😭

And as a girlie with abandonment issues I feel for him so deeply. Like I understand why he's so combative with Syrus most of the season like it makes sense on both of their ends because they both latch onto Jaden because he's Syrus's big brother for realsies, and he's also the first real genuine friend Hassleberry has ever had. And neither of them want anyone getting in the way of those things, and Syrus especially is genuinely afraid of that too, only making me all the happier when they find genuine friends in each other and reconcile because I love them so much when they're nice to each other 😭

Hassleberry's literally the kindest, sweetest guy at heart and just a damn good kid I couldn't be happier that he's the canonically pure of heart one. Anyone would be lucky to have him but nobody deserves him I stg ✋😔

[bollface]

⋆𐙚₊˚⊹ 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐮𝐲

pairing — johnny lawrence x andy caddel

warnings — none literally two guys being silly in their date

prompt — first date

season — TKK I

Andy fiddled with his bandana, tightening it around his forehead, soaking up the sweat, licking his dry lips, running a hand through his black curls, and checking if he had everything: wallet, cash, and a small piece of paper Freddy and Jaden had given him for topics to talk about on his date.

He was nervous about the date; he even wore his good band T-shirt with a black button-up and his good pants for this date; he had to look good; it was for the one and only Johnny Lawrence, that beautiful blonde Adonis gifted California with. Honestly, it was shocking when Andy came up to Johnny while speaking English.

"There's a new diner that opened close to the local library, wanna go?" It was the only thing he squeaked out, sweating so profusely it could put a sinner in church to shame, and Johnny agreed, a slight blush spreading across his pale face.

"Sure, what time you wanna go?" Johnny asked, raising an eyebrow and giving Andy his charming smile.

"Great, uh, meet you there then, six-thirty, good?" He tried to play it cool, putting his hands in his pockets, looking to the side, and acting like he didn't care; this made Johnny chuckle and agree.

So here he is now, waiting outside the new diner they'd opened up; it had a red color themed to it; Johnny seemed to like red; it looked good on him, especially when he had his leather jacket, or when he sat in his red Avanti, red was definitely his color.

"Who are you waiting for, man?" A voice spoke behind him. Andy turned around in surprise and panic but relaxed when brown eyes met an ocean blue.

"I like your shirt; my friend Dutch took me to their concert once, really cool." Johnny smiled at him, hands tucked into the pockets of a jean jacket, and smiled down at the boy.

"Thanks...My dad gave me this—you look really pretty," Andy said. A dopey smile appeared, and his cheeks became a soft cherry red; Johnny laughed a bit and covered his mouth with his hand, embarrassed, cute.

"I had my boys help me. I've never been on a regular date in a while, mostly in fancy restaurants and the country club. Wanna go in, or are we going to stand outside" he asked, walking to the entrance, "Right! Yeah, uhm, my mom took me here when it opened, and they have some bomb-ass milkshakes and some good banana splits."

Andy went and opened the door for Johnny, who made a small comment about him being a gentleman; they sat in a booth far in the corner of the place; it was decorated in the era of the 50s, with red and white checkered walls, Records of famous 50s singers and Movie stars, the place was pretty, a great hang out spot.

"What can I get y'all to drink?" A waitress came with a pad and a red pen in hand, giving them the menu to look at; Johnny looked at Andy, blonde eyebrow raised, "What would you suggest?" He asked with a smile, "Pink lemonade is good here...two pink lemonades and, uh, two milkshakes," Andy ordered; the waitress nodded and wrote it down.

"Will the milkshakes be two different flavors? We have Strawberry, Chocolate, and Vanilla," the waitress suggested, looking at the teens.

"oh! I want the Strawberry one!" Johnny smiled and looked at Andy to choose; he was too distracted by freaking out, "Uh..I'll have vanilla then," the boy stuttered a bit; the woman nodded, "I'll give you guys a moment to look over the menu" and then left to attend someone else.

"Vanilla is a little basic, don't you think" Johnny teased, flipping through the menu; Andy cleared his throat and laughed a bit, "Well, I think strawberry is a little gross, in my opinion," he shrugged with a smirk. Johnny scoffed a bit.

"Strawberry-flavored things are better than Vanilla! Like Laffy Taffy! Strawberry is the best one!" He defended, and Andy shrugged again, "Just saying! It's gross! Most strawberry-flavored candies suck ass! Trust me." He flipped the menu.

"Well, maybe I should get you good strawberry candies, cause I've had some that are so good, I could get you some," Johnny offered with a smile; Andy looked up and blushed, rubbing his hands together, "I wouldn't mind, Hey you should try the burgers they're perfect" he leaned and pointed to the Double cheeseburger on Johnny's menu.

Johnny looked up; they were a bit close. He could see how pink Andy's lips were and how crooked his teeth were, but cutely, "Alright, I'll get that then," he said and closed the menu when the waitress came back, dropping their two strawberry lemonade, Vanilla, and Strawberry Milkshakes on the table.

"here you boys go; you ready to order?" She asked, taking out the notepad and pen again from her apron, "Yeah, we both want the double cheeseburgers with fries, please," Andy ordered for the two of them; the waitress nodded, telling them their order would be out in a bit and walked away with the menus.

A small silence came of the two, soft jazz music playing in the background of the diner. Andy bit his lip and drummed his finger on the table, and his hand went to the pockets of his pants and looked down at the paper.

Talk about Karate

Talk about movies

Talk about cars

Talk about rock music

Family

pets

Friends

He gave one last look before turning to look at the beautiful blonde in front of him; he cleared his throat and placed his hands on the table, "So... How's karate? I've passed by your dojo once; looks really cool," he commented.

This caught Johnny's attention; he tilted his head as if he was thinking, "It's going good, I've won two tournaments now, and I've even gone against some adults in the class and won," he said with pride, a proud smile spread his lips, it was impressive, a seventeen-year-old boy fighting against twenty and up year olds?

"That's really cool; I was thinking of joining. It seems cool, but I don't know; I'm more of a soccer than a karate guy," Andy said with a smile; Johnny hummed, grabbed his drink, and took a sip, humming.

"I've seen you play against Bobby and Jimmy. Don't tell them, but you're a little better than they are," He said with a laugh; the compliment made his chest burn with pride, praised by his crush; what a world.

"just a bit? I'm pretty sure I'm more than a bit," he joked, itching Johnny to praise him more, "well...You are better than Jimmy, Not Bobby," he giggled, sucking on the straw for his lemonade.

Andy smiled and drank his lemonade. "I'll take that. Bobby is pretty hard to beat. So, are there any new movies? I watched The Gremlins recently, and it was really cool."

Johnny stayed quiet again, thinking, the silence made Andy anxious, "Indiana Jones movies, fucking love them, he's such a badass! I wish to be like him when I'm older, going out in adventures and shit!" He expressed excitement.

"Indiana Jones? Really? Have you seen the newest movie?" He asked

"no! Theirs a new one?" Johnny tilted his head like a puppy. Andy quirked a smile and drank his lemonade.

"yeah! Maybe we could go see it; I got out a few months ago; if you were an Indiana Jones fan, you would've seen it," Andy laughed; Johnny hummed and smiled.

"Well, I was busy and probably missed the announcement, but I'd like to see the movie with you; it could be our second date." Johnny smiled and placed his hand on top of Andy.

His eyes were filled with shock; another date? "Second date? You sure" he whispered, looking at Johnny and kicking his lips.

"Yeah, you're cute, and I've seen you around school and the soccer field...I think I can try a second date with you... I'd like to get to know you more," Johnny explained with a slight blush on his face; he felt shy when he spoke; it's been long since he's been asked out on a date.

Their hands slowly molded together, fingers intertwined with love and shyness from the two boys.

Andy's eyes were wide, he couldn't believe this, the boy who's usually very aggressive and a bully, was being vulnerable and so shy, he felt special seeing this soft side of him, "Really?" He whispered.

"Yeah...You seem really nice and really...special, so yeah." Johnny chuckled a bit; they stayed quiet, just staring into the eyes of each other; warmth filled their chest, a sweet moment.

"All right, boys, I have your orders." The waitress came by, holding a tray of the two burgers; they took their hands away from each other with hesitance, "thank you, ma'am," The boys said; the waitress just smiled and excused herself.

The two continued their conversation, talking about movies, karate (Johnny begged Andy to go to one of the Cobra Kai classes), rock music, and friends, and surprisingly, they talked about art. Johnny had an eye for drawing and museums, where he would try to draw his renditions of the paintings.

"let me try the strawberry milkshake," Andy nudged his chin to the glass as he wiped his mouth, "I thought you said it was gross." Johnny grinned at him, grabbing the milkshake, "I want to try something new; maybe you could change my mind." Andy chuckled.

"Mm, fine, but just a sip, okay?" Johnny chuckled, grabbing the straw from Andy's milkshake and placing it on his own. He put the milkshake in the middle, "drink," and giggled, lips wrapped around the red straw.

Andy blushed. This felt really intimate, but it felt suitable for the two. They were on a date, right? Was this normal?

Andy leaned over and took the straw between his lips, sucking and tasting the sweet sugary, strawberry-flavored milkshake; he leaned back and hummed with a red face, "Alright, it is good, I have to admit," Andy said with a laugh.

Johnny cracked a smile and giggled, "See, I told you, I'm never wrong about strawberry things" he winked and sucked on the straw more; Andy licked his lips and nodded, "Right, well, wanna order dessert? I wanna try the banana splits again," he bit his lips seeing those pretty pink lips wrapped around the red straw.

Johnny nodded, and they called the waitress over, ordering one Banna split with sprinkles; it came out a few minutes later, and the waitress wished them a happy meal and walked away.

"Okay, I'll have the first bite because I haven't tried it yet, and you have," Johnny said, picking up the metal spoon but was stopped by Andy's hand on his wrist, "Aht, Aht, let me do this please kinda been dreaming of doing this," he said with a big blush that reached his ears.

Johnny looked confused but placed his spoon down, "All right, go for it?" He squinted his eyes with a slight chuckle; Andy smiled and picked up his spoon, scooping some of the Banna and ice cream before moving it towards Johnny's lips.

"This? Really?" Giggled Johnny, parting his lips and eating the Banna split, licking his lips and humming, "Mmm, it's good, perfect. Is the vanilla from Mexico?" he asked, tasting the flavors on his tongue. Andy blushed with a giggle.

"I think so; what's the difference between American and Mexican vanilla," Andy asked, itching for another conversation where Johnny could geek out.

"Well, vanilla from Mexico is more flavorful and picked from a tonka tree, while US vanilla is from a regular vanilla plant; those trees are completely different from one another," Johnny explained, taking his spoon and eating from the glass bowl.

Andy hummed and nodded, "you know a lot about like food and movies," he commented; Johnny nodded, "Yeah, my step-dad makes a lot of different business deals, and as a gift, they always give him something, like last week, he made a deal with a French bakery, and they gave him some goods that had use vanilla from Mexico, and last year he made a deal with this film director that gave him action movies imported."

Johnny spoke more about the deals his step-dad made and the different things he's seen and tasted; it fascinated Andy, having Johnny Lawrence talk to him about certain things Hing's other kids in school aren't allowed to do.

They finished their shared strawberry milkshake and the Banna split, leaving an excellent tip for the waitress, Johnny took out his wallet to pay in the front, but Andy beat him to it, slapping sixty bucks on the counter, "I asked you out, so I got you" he said with a cheeky smile while Johnny blushed and looked away.

They walked out of the diner, side to side, hands so close that Andy just wanted to take his hand and hold it like back in the restaurant, "I had fun..really," Johnny said, looking down at Andy; he smiled and nodded, "I did too… it's was fun..I like all your nerd knowledge on karate and stuff" he teased making Johnny roll his eyes and giggle.

Johnny's giggle might be his favorite sound; it sounded cute and soft, something only for Andy's ears.

"Me too; I haven't been out on a date for a long time; I had fun…so do you want a second date?" He asked, stopping in front of his red Avanti; Andy scratched his neck, thinking he didn't need to feel it since he blurted quickly.

"Yeah, I can pick you up and take you to the drive-in."

Johnny smiled, "All right, how about…after my tournament, we go? Could be my prize for winning?" He giggled and leaned and pressed his lips to Andy's cheek.

"I really had fun; thanks for letting me ramble about things I like… You're cute and funny; it's a win for Me. See you," he whispered into Andy's ear before he got into his Avanti and drove away.

Andy was left stunned and had his hand on his cheek. His whole body froze up, and the blush on his face made him look like a red traffic light.

On his second date, drive-in, after the tournament with Johnny Lawrence, Andy blinked and giggled; he had another date!

He, indeed, was a special guy.

A/N — RAHHH ITS THE SILLIES, UHM this is for the wonderful and talented @skyf0ckz, I love your fanart of Andy, and teehee, have this one shot idk if it's good, wrote it almost all of it in midnight, but enjoy it<3 TILL NEXT TIME

[rubberduckyrye]

Okay now I want to talk about the execution I've made for Jaden so infodump time???

For Jaden's execution, here are the aspects of it that I made as a sort of "Character Study":

The first theme it runs on is of drowning. Jaden has a fear of the deep ocean and of drowning, so it's a given that would be the main themes of his despair.

However, he is also tied up, specifically his hands are tied to be above his head. He has issues with his vocal chords and unable to raise his voice about a low whisper, so he uses ASL as his main method of communicating in a non painful way--so tying up his hands essentially makes him unheard. Jaden is an advocate in many aspects and tries to use his "voice" to speak up for the things he advocates for, so to be essentially silenced is maddening to him. You can also see it as he killed someone under the influence of the Obedience Disease and not of his own free will, so this also symbolizes his "hands being tied" in the situation.

Also--for all of his life, people belittled him for being a digital artist and not a traditional one, making him resent the medium of traditional art--which is why he specifically drowns in a classic medium for traditional art, paint.

Jaden also hates street violence and gun violence especially, and you know what paint balls are shot out of? Guns.

Every aspect about Jaden's execution is made to make him feel miserable in his final moments. From the fear of drowning, to being silenced, to dying to a thing he resents, to dying to a violence he despises. This execution is tailor made to him--and it barely has anything to do with Digital Art.

... Honestly it makes me want to work on Kurochi's execution concept more, because while I do play with the Despair of wanting to live after it's too late, I think I can invoke more despair in his execution.

[ballet-symphonie]

Do you know why Jaden Grimm (the American who graduated vaganova in 2023) is leaving Mariinsky?

I don't know why but honestly, I wouldn't want to sit in the corps of Mariinsky for years and years, especially in the middle of the war. It's where talent goes to die. She can leverage her experience and her VBA education to get a much better job somewhere else, and likely somewhere closer to home.

[moonlit-orchid]

I’m curious to know your thoughts on Yuma x Tori.

Honestly I'm not the biggest fan of this ship. It just seems a bit forced on the viewers, if you know what I mean. There would be important duels and in the middle it would cut to JUST Tori calling Yuma's name and it was like... TOO obvious she liked him. And it honestly got kind of annoying at times too. Plus, I think they didn't handle Tori as a character super well too; as she was literally added into scenarios she didn't need to be in, and her crush was just completely one sided and established too early in the serious and too obviously to mark out as "Here is the Love Interest TM".

Also her dynamic with Yuma suits a more sibling relationship too, because a lot of the time she does act like a sister and he definitely seems to have more of a brotherly behaviour to her. You could argue that Yuya and Zuzu have the same thing, but the difference is that their relationship was a genuine part of the plot, from what I've seen anyway, and it sort of grew mutually in a sense. With Tori and Yuma there isn't much growth, and Tori just has a crush on Yuma but also acts like a sister to him.

It's a bit like how I don't like Jaden and Alexis as a ship. Jaden's an idiot who didn't even know what a FIANCE was. As a HIGH SCHOOLER. Alexis is intelligent and has more Big Sister vibes, her crushing on Jaden feels off in a way. Tori and Yuma are a bit like that. With Yusei and Akiza the two, especially Yusei, just cared about each other in such a sweet way, especially in season 1, and the romance aspect wasn't immediately established and Akiza's crush was only hinted at a bit, and honestly that makes it sweeter in my opinion, where they grow closer as friends and then slowly fall in love, because then it's like real in a way, and so I geniunely ship them (also the two never date they just get married at once ok i refuse any other interpretation)

On the other hand I can totally get why Yuma and Tori can be seen as a cute couple because they do have some geniunely cute moments, and I could lowkey see Yuma and Tori together but like years and years later. Right now, though, they're more like friends and psuedo-siblings to me. I think that if they just started out without romance from Tori and the two just grew closer over the series and THEN Tori starts loving Yuma I feel like I would have liked the ship more.

The one thing I will ALWAYS give Tori props for was that as soon as she confessed she IMMEDIATELY went "let's go help Astral". In the sub she says something like "lets get back what's most important to you". And I love that she ACKNOWLEDGED that she herself isn't Yuma's priority. Astral is and always will be Yuma's priority, Astral is the one Yuma cares about the most (whether it's platonically or not I'll let you decide what you like :) ). And she was HAPPY to do it. She wasn't even bittersweet about it, the entire scene she was just so happy and excited because Yuma was finally truly happy again, and I just love that about her, that she was happy if Yuma was happy even if it's not what she wants for herself. That's genuine love right there.

So tl/dr: it has the potential to be cute but the show's execution was way too obvious and unnecessary but the ending of it was cute and maybe i'd ship their future selves. They needed more growth and heartfelt moments to make me want to ship it and less of random zoom ins on Tori crying Yuma's name in duels (there were other people who were supposed to care for Yuma too right there!)

[khaleesiofalicante]

Dani hellooo!

Okay so life had been pretty hectic lately but I've finally been given a break-that lasts until tomorrow but still a break. So I got around reading Joan's and Cami's chapter and what do you know, I absolutely loved them! And Cami, she is in fact a bitch but it suits her so we love her. So many things I have to say, my notes app got filled up again so this will be long😅

So you're telling us, Theia, who is referred to as the nicest person ever saw a Latina/Desi (bad) bitch and a French asshole and went MINE? That's very sexy of her. Honestly who can blame her, Cami and Lance for the win

Not saying I need to see the scene where Kincaid used the phrase Regine taught him to Arthur but ummm I kinda do, I bet he was blushing the while time. So cutee

Regine's crush on Kincaid feels very suss, like she doesn't actually know him so she has a crush on the idea of this warrior and not on the actual person

Okay, I thought Theia was distant from Regine(as it was mentioned in Joan's chapter) because of the way she treated Lance but apparently that's not the case?

I think I kinda ship Joan and Regine, but Régine said she's straight and I want to be respectful to her sexuality so I'll contain my fangirlirng over them

Kinda irrelevant but this came to me when I was reading it: David/Arthur/Lance/Regine French nicknames for Max/Kincaid/Theia/Joan: Mon ange/Mon nounours/Mon belle fleur/Mon soldat-chevalerie ( the last two were my addition yes I'm delulu)

Did everyone find out about Lance getting hurt? How did they react-besides Joan(curious about Rafael/Theia, especially Rafe because I'm sure he would want to be there for his nephew but he couldn't)

Theia's thoughts to Lance becoming a whore? Is she trying stuff with other people too? Also, why did Lance become a whore? I feel he's very similar to TLND Max at this point

Love Cami for not believing that Lance can hurt Idris. How are the movie nights between the cousins going? Please tell me they still have those

"They’ll turn on each other. They’ll turn on you. You wait and watch.” :feels like a thing that will happen when Kyle and Victoria find out about everything

I have a bad feeling that Theia won't become Inquisitor or Cami won't become consul and I hate it

The more Rafael is forced to support the Idris Patrol the more scared I get -you know how sometimes you say something and someone you don't like or respect agrees with you and you kinda ask yourself if maybe you're wrong? I feel like that's Rafael right now- at least I think he should be concerned for agreeing with Kyle when it comes to the Idris Patrol

Alec calling David a Lightwood Bane, supporting him and putting bigoted baby shadowhunters in their place-what a bad bitch, he is the real GOAT

Also what's with Régine trash talking about the residents of the New York Institute to everyone, including Joan and Cami? They are family? What even?

Regine was spying on Joan-nice

Okay theory about what David is hiding (because I believe he is hiding something): David wants to become immortal so Max never becomes Other Max or David is practicing necromancy (because they joked about it and now I'm scared-a joke is never just an innocent joke when you're concerned)

Okay IALS related but I had to because the thought made me laugh: When Jaden was voted sexiest man alive, some people said that Max was way sexier. I want to imagine David would've liked and reposted all of those tweets (from a fake account obviously)

Okay so I saw the David was more likely to cheat and I have to ask- do you mean he would cheat on other people with Max or cheat on Max with other people- even if it's people who look/act like him? Because I can see the first one happening but the second not so much and I'm kinda curious what you think

Also I kinda miss TLND Mavid so I reread some chapters and a thought came to me: how do you think their first fight would go after they got together? Would Max be scared that David will leave him?

Okay I'm done, told you this would be long. Anyways, how are you? Hope you're finishing up with all the projects and finally have some time off to relax and do things you enjoyy🌷

PS: Here's a tik tok of Lewis being Lewis that I'm sure was created by David

Not me responding to this ask as a 'reward' after a hard day of work (my weirdness is quite unique yes).

Theia likes the baddies. Pass it on. Also, she is a blackthorn. Of course, she is attracted to unhinged behaviour.

That phrase is in Arthur's chapter and I'd like to think it was very cute indeed hehe.

She also likes him because she thinks he will 'avenge' her father...

Theia was mad. But not for long. I think it's mentioned somewhere that Theia is too nice to people. So, I guess she forgave Regine for being a lil bitch.

Joan and Regine give me major sapphic feels. But I shall keep it to myself...for now.

I love the bonus pet names. I might borrow them 👀

Lance actually didn't get hurt. He can't get hurt because he has demons protecting him. The only people who can physically hurt Lance are Kincaid and Lance himself. And maybe Lucifer idk. As for their reaction, I'm sure Theia must have felt really scared, but also sad about not being able to reach out. As for Rafael, it's mostly guilt and helplessness 🥹

Theia is a little heartbroken about Lance 'moving on'. She is not dating/sleeping with anyone. She's in too deep oof. As for Lance, we'll talk more about his whore phase later.

I regret to inform you that movie nights are almost nonexistent now. Like once a year or so. Even then it's very awkward. We have all the entire LB fam getting together in magnus' chapter so we'll some stuff then...

i am anticipayshaun 😬

I am not anticipayshaun 😭

I think Rafael is definitely concerned about agreeing with Kyle - and the Council. But that is, alas, the tricky thing about running a democratic government. He has to agree with the majority.

ALEC IS INDEED THE GOAT.

Idk what kind of drugs Regine is on but she is trashtalking without care lmao.

Once again, idk what Regine is doing. Petition for Antoine to check on his sister.

But I love jokes 🥺 I can tell you that David is indeed hiding a secret. But I won't tell you what 😘

This unhinged whore, like LH himself, likes unhinged tweets from his real account (Can you imagine the chaos? I doubt it happened. BUT STILL)

This is an essay question. But i can see him cheating either way. It falls under "you always get what you want" and "you are greedy" narratives we see around David. I don't think it's cheating for the sake of sex or whatever. I'm sure he'll have a "reason" behind it. But I can see him cheating on Max. Think of what's going on with Other Max. There is a complete lack of guilt from his side...

This is SO weird, Vicky! Because I was literally thinking about it over the weekend. As in, about their first fight. I think it would be over something very pointless. But Max's separation anxiety would 100% act up and there will be a lot of angst and then a lot of fluff and reassurance. Oof. Great minds think alike.

I've officially written to all my clients and said "I'm on vacay after dec 15" but now the question is how many of these assholes are actually going to listen and respect that 🫠

I'm sorry you've been having a hectic time too! PETITION FOR US TO ALL GO ON VACAYS IMMEDIATELY. I hope you are doing some self-care stuff (like me answering your asks lol).

Hearing from you always makes me smile and gives me serotonin 💙

[cyberdragoninfinity]

thoughts on yuya?

YUYA!!!! MY SOPPING WET PAPER TOWEL OF A LITTLE GUY....

Why I like them/why I don’t: god i like yuya So Much. him and jaden my fav protags as of rn. I love his deck to bits I love the dueltaining thing i love that he's kind of absolutely pathetic and not even good at dueling 🥴 his emotional projection is off the charts he's an unstable little funnyman he's like if a clown was also an atomic bomb. he's SO expressive and shit just keeps HAPPENING to him and i want to observe him under my big magnifying glass. he's such a fucked up kid and didnt DESERVE LIKE. ANY OF IT???? IT'S NOT HIS FAULT HE'S 1/4 THE DEVIL

What I like about their appearance: it's just such a good character design to me...the red/green color palette is delightful and his tomato hair is so cute. arc-v character design is my favorite serieswise i think

Do I prefer their dub names or original names? SAME IN BOTH! i like 'yuya sakaki' it's very nice. rolls off the tongue real good

OTP: fucked around and got really attached to yuya/declan i fear.... type of relationship that isnt going anywhere until theyre in their twenties and yuya's blown up several past relationships :,) (also of course YUYAGONG!!!! NOBODY CARES ABOUT THEIR BOND BUT I DO!!!!!!!!)

NOTP: eh, not as into really any of the inter-yuboy ships 🤷‍♀️ platonic/familial read truthism for meeeee

OT3: i have pals who like yuya/zuzu/sora and i think thats a really fun one. they are pals ;___;

Favourite card they use: ANOTHER GUY WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO PICK ONE i love performapals!!! theyre all so silly. i think my favorite is Performapal Radish Horse. absolutely insane monster who ended up being really important in the duel he used it in for some reason.

Favourite moment they were in: any time he's just making such a silly little expression, but in terms of 'Moment' moment i think i need to go with the end of his duel with Yuri. up to and including when Zarc took the reigns : )

Least favourite moment: 🥴🥴🥴🥴 i feel like theres a lot of things i could choose here. erm. honestly i kind of want to go with the end of season 2 duel against Jack where all the fucking COPS??!? START RALLYING TO YUYA'S DEFENSE??!??! WHAT ARE WE DOINGGGGG YUGIOH ARC V!!!!!

Something I associate with them: i should post my yuya playlist sometime. anyway i said this on my post about yugo but yuya is just so bigly an AJR Discography Character. Humpty Dumpty especially. Good Lord.

[codabound]

Talked very briefly about this in the Leasecord server, but the portrayal of Faith has always pegged me as sort of odd considering like...

・She is so sheltered from the idea of men that she doesn't even understand why a man/boy would be in a household

・She hasn't been written, at least not as of yet, to have any friends her own age, not from school or anywhere else, in fact the only interaction she's had at all with another kid is the kid she beat up. All of her friends are the grown adult members of Yonqiue, basically being raised by them

・She's somewhat pushy and clingy and it kind of seems like she doesn't understand boundaries in relations to other girls, especially Jaden, who she has a crush on. While it's completely normal for a young child to have a crush on an adult, it is a tad bit weird how much the other adults around her sort of encourage how clingy she is towards Jaden.

・It's honestly doubtful that she'd likely EVER make friends in a real world scenario, because the way she's being raised is just setting her up for other kids to think she's a bully. She's being raised by incredibly judgemental TERF women who have raised her on the idea that men and being effeminate are completely terrible and a failure of a woman, so she'd basically be the equivalent of a "I'm not like other girls" girl, only at a much earlier age, and much meaner. It's fine for her to be a tomboy/masculine, it's not fine that this'll probably be used as a catalyst for her to bully and harass other girls because that's what she thinks is justice. And even if she were to find some TERF friends who are like her, what are the chances that they'd even tolerate her considering they might just also hate her for being lesbian or black, or even just hate her for being a tomboy since, surprise surprise, being a TERF usually comes packaged with being bigoted and hateful towards... Literally anything else. In fact, Rusty and this comic are the one and only time I've seen TERFs actually advocate for women being more masculine or tomboyish considering every other TERF media I've seen will literally scream that a woman is a man in disguise if she's not walking around built like Jessica Rabbit.

Soooo... TL:DR

Yonique kind of runs like a cult, and I feel incredibly bad for Faith. Let's just hope she never gets unsupervised internet access like most of us did and finds websites like Amino, because I'm sure her grown adult TERF friends and Rusty would never even consider the idea that women can also be child predators.

Getting some real Caleb and Sophia vibes. Can't wait for the TERFs to rip me a new ass for this one.

[anotherhumanpet]

NAME: Madmud, Muddy, or Mud. Most people are going with Mud these days and it suits me just fine.

PRONOUNS: She/Her please.

MOST ACTIVE MUSE(S): It goes back and forth between Dennis and Jaden. I actually kind of feel... bad? ashamed? that Jaden has been getting more of the spotlight than Dennis, especially since this is a blog meant to be focused on Dennis with Jaden as a supporting character, but what can ya do? I'm certainly not gonna make a blog meant for Jaden because the thought of moving all of his stuff somewhere else exhausts me.

RP PET PEEVES: Making up angst for the sake of it/to invoke feelings, replies that are written almost entirely within the character's head and give little to no external output what so ever, purple prose and novella styled writing for aesthetic rather than genuine exposition, any sort of scene where the human has to justify their existence/presence around non-humans for non-plot related reasons, characters being written as The Most Ever

EXPERIENCE/HOW MANY YEARS: I think I've hit roughly 12 years on Tumblr, and overall years like 15 or so.

FLUFF, ANGST, or SMUT: Adventure anyone...? :( Fluff is good, but gets dry on me fast. Angst is good fun too but I'm very particular about it, as stated in the peeves point. Smut's always good but it's honestly like a dessert piece. I love my sweets but it's important to have a balanced meal!

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: I love them both to be honest. Although longer replies can take more energy out of me and thus take more time to do, I genuinely appreciate both! Short stuff is great for banter and figuring out how characters click together, while the lengthy stuff is good for really getting down into the details and dynamics of characters after the spark between them has been ignited.

TIME TO WRITE: Late morning or early afternoon, which sucks because I work from early morning to late afternoon. Hence why I'll try to get things out before work, during work breaks, or just struggle bus my way through it after work - assuming my muse doesn't completely deflate by then, anyway.

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